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Owen Hargreaves has urged Manchester United’s younger players to listen to Cristiano Ronaldo and take ‘ownership’ and fears the club will miss out on a top-four place unless their performances quickly improve.
Ralf Rangnick oversaw back-to-back wins over Arsenal and Crystal Palace after taking over the reins from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer back in November, but results have been mixed in recent weeks and the Red Devils find themselves languishing down in seventh in the Premier League table.
Ronaldo has spoken to various media outlets ahead of United’s trip to Aston Villa this weekend and the veteran Portuguese threw his support behind interim boss Rangnick during a chat with Sky Sports, calling for supporters to be patient with the German.
However, in a separate interview, Ronaldo hinted he was frustrated with United’s younger squad members and football’s ‘new generation’ struggling to take on criticism and constructive feedback.
There have also been reports this week that suggest Ronaldo has been left ‘baffled’ by his team-mates’ attitude towards training and their reluctance to do extra gym work.
‘The mature, older players can always help the young players, but, I can give you an example: if I give you advice, even if you are younger than me and if you don’t implant that in a daily life it will be difficult,’ the five-time Ballon d’Or winner told Premier League Productions.
‘I remember when I was 18, 19, 20, some older players speak with me and I put that as, “Cristiano, you know you have to improve. They know more than you, they are more experienced than you.” They passed through many bad moments.
‘This new generation, they don’t accept that if you criticise them. I don’t say this in relation to our players but in general. I have kids, I know. Sometimes when you’re a little bit harder, they do the…
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Source : metro
